Anyone who attended kindergarten remembers Aesop's fable about the tortoise and the hare. The story's moral has implications for investors: Slow but steady wins the race.Hare investors try to sprint to the finish line of a comfortable retirement without girding their portfolios against the perils of volatility — frequent ups and downs in asset value. So they tend to lag far behind tortoise investors,...
US rate on 30-year mortgage hits record 3.83 pct.
Labels: BusinessWASHINGTON (AP) — Average U.S. rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to fresh record lows this week. Cheap mortgage rates have made home-buying and refinancing more affordable than ever for those who can qualify.Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on the 30-year loan ticked down to 3.83 percent. That's the lowest since long-term mortgages began in the 1950s. And it's...
US rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 3.71 pct.
Labels: BusinessWASHINGTON (AP) — Average rates on fixed mortgages rose this week, the first increase in seven weeks. But mortgage rates remain near historic lows, boosting prospects for home sales this year.Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year loan increased to 3.71 percent. That's up from 3.67 percent last week, the lowest since long-term mortgages began in the 1950s.The...
US fixed mortgage rates fall to new record lows
Labels: BusinessWASHINGTON (AP) — Fixed U.S. mortgage rates fell again to new record lows, providing prospective buyers with more incentive to brave a modestly recovering housing market.Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average on the 30-year loan dropped to 3.62 percent. That's down from 3.66 percent last week and the lowest since long-term mortgages began in the 1950s.The average rate on the 15-year...
W.Va. teachers to attend 'Finance University'
Labels: BusinessCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University's business school is teaming up with the state auditor's office and a nonprofit economic literacy group called the West Virginia Jump$start Coalition to present a conference for educators to learn personal finance — and how to teach it to their students.This year's Finance University is the 10th annual event for middle- and high-school teachers. It...
AP IMPACT: Steroids loom in major-college football
Labels: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight — 30 pounds or more in a single year, sometimes — without drawing much attention from their schools or the NCAA in a sport that earns tens of billions of dollars for teams.Rules vary so widely that, on any given game day, a team with a strict no-steroid...
AP IMPACT: Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse
Labels: HealthA federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, an Associated Press investigation shows.The crackdown, which began in 2006, reduced the illegal flow of unregulated supplies from China, India and Mexico.But since then, Big Pharma has been...
Women’s Excellence in Endometriosis Presents a New State-of-the-Art Center for Pelvic Pain, Painful Intercourse, and Painful Periods in Lake Orion, MI
Labels: HealthPelvic pain, painful intercourse, and painful periods are all common symptoms of disabling disease in women called “endometriosis”. Women’s Excellence in Endometriosis has opened a unique center to help women dealing with this chronic painful condition.Lake Orion, MI (PRWEB) December 21, 2012Endometriosis is a disease affecting the female reproductive tract in which the endometrial lining of the uterus...
US Drug Watchdog Urges Victims Of A Transvaginal Mesh Product Failure To Call them For The Names Of The Best Possible Women Attorneys-During The Holidays
Labels: HealthThe US Drug Watchdog intends to stay open everyday during the holidays in the hopes of helping victims of a transvaginal mesh, tape, or bladder sling failure get to the best possible attorneys, and for obvious reasons the attorneys will all be women. For more information please call the US Drug Watchdog at 866-714-6466. http://USDrugWatchdog.Com(PRWEB) December 21, 2012The US Drug Watchdog will stay...
Study: Solo stars at higher death risk than bands
Labels: HealthLONDON (AP) — Rock 'n' roll will never die — but it's a hazardous occupation.An academic study published Thursday confirms that rock and pop musicians are more likely to die prematurely than the general population, and finds that solo artists are twice as likely to die young as members of bands.Researchers from Liverpool John Moores University and Britain's Health Department studied 1,489 rock, pop,...
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